Trash to Treasure projects
When Alex of Happy, Healthy, & Domestic moved into her home, the previous owner left a lot of stuff behind. ”Some of it trash, other stuff was trash waiting for someone to see it’s true potential,” Alex points out. “This cabinet was left in the garage.”
Karen at Redoux Interiors is used to making over furniture that is old, broken, or otherwise unloved. This time, however, her project started with a piece of furniture that was actually new–shocking, I know! Friends of hers that own rental properties passed on this new bathroom vanity that they had decided not to use during a recent remodel.
At Sweet C Designs, Courtney needed a safer, prettier way to store liquor in her dining room. She figured out how to turn part of an old hutch and a dresser into a bar cabinet.
At Liz Marie Blog, Liz Marie has been doing a little furniture swapping. She needed a bigger piece of furniture in her large entryway, and at the same time had decided it was time for a new entertainment center in the family room.
Amy Giggles Designs is Amy’s blogging home. She’d been on the look out for some craft room storage when these two ugly hutches showed up at the consignment store where her mother works.
Christy–who blogs at Confessions of a Serial DIYer–has been longing to paint a piece of furniture aqua blue, her favorite color. When she came across this little beauty of a side table at the local Salvation Army, she could barely contain her excitement.
Here’s a fun makeover from Christy of Planted and Blooming Girl. She found this pie safe on the side of the road. Even though Christy thought it looked just awful, she reasoned that it was solid wood and free, so there was no risk involved in trying to give it a makeover.
Eliza of Mama Two has trained her husband well: he keeps an eye out for roadkill rescues, too. This project, though, goes even beyond the road. Eliza’s husband found this little china hutch at the dump.
